Intelligent Mentoring: How IBM Creates Value through People, Knowledge, and Relationships

Foreword

Ted Hoff

Since its founding nearly a century ago, IBM has believed that the vitality of the next generation simply will not endure without mentors, without the guidance of experienced colleagues sharing their knowledge, wisdom, and experience with the newer members of our global community. You could say that mentoring has been part of IBM’s DNA from the beginning. We know that providing inspiration to others enables all of us to reap the rewards of leadership. We know that our business has grown stronger over the years through collaboration and the practice of sharing information.

The world economy has today reached a turning point. For example, in less than a decade, the Internet has reached more than a billion people and has become ...